Trade
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Trade Risk Mitigation

Projects

Enhancing frontline officers’ chemical trade control compliance by increasing access to information to help identify chemicals of proliferation concern

Foreign Direct Investment

Providing foreign direct investment global legislative and implementation best practices and strengthening capacity at the nexus of trade, security, and technology

Strengthening Arms and Dual-Use Trade Controls

Identifying common implementation good practices by crosswalking trade control regimes for conventional defense and dual use CBRN items

Recent Publications

Video

Automating Strategic Chemical Trade Control Enforcement

Stimson envisions a tool that automates complex chemical export control enforcement tasks to prevent chemical weapons proliferation

William Marshall • Christina McAllister

Issue Brief

Leveraging UN Sustainable Development Goals and UN Security Council Resolution 1540 Synergies: The Case for Responsible Chemical Management

Analyzing how two different UN instruments can be used to manage hazardous chemicals for both international security and sustainable development

William Marshall • Christina McAllister • Gabriel Savagner...

Resource

The Nonproliferation Cheminformatics Compliance Tool (NCCT) Proof-of-Concept

A complete proof of concept for a low-cost and accessible tool for front-line customs officers to identify controlled chemicals

Joyce M. Abides • Stefano Costanzi • Greg Koblentz...

Press Release

Stimson Center Expands Work on Emerging Technology & Trade with New Programs, Experts

Launches Cyber and Trade & Investment Security Programs

Allison Pytlak • Andrea Viski

Project Note

Working Smarter to Control Arms and Dual-Use CBRN Material

Eight areas where states can break down bureaucratic stovepipes to implement disparate trade control regimes with integrated resources.

Christina McAllister • Sneha Nair • Ryan Fletcher

Resource

Integrated Implementation of Strategic Trade Control Regimes

A guide for good practices implementation of trade control regimes for both conventional defense and dual-use CBRN items

Project Note

The Nonproliferation Compliance Cheminformatics Tool (NCCT) Moves to Field Testing

Defense Research and Development Canada’s Center for Security Science tested the NCCT during CAPEX 2022

Christina McAllister

Working Paper

Supporting the fight against the proliferation of chemical weapons through cheminformatics

Developing and adopting a cheminformatics tool to help relevant stakeholders identify whether a chemical is part of a CW-control list for security concerns.

Stefano Costanzi • Charlotte K. Slavick • Joyce M. Abides...

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